Sussex Chambers

04/12/2014

https://leftfootforward.org/2014/12/privatising-probation-puts-public-safety-at-risk/

What the government is proposing goes against everything we know about cutting re-offending

03/12/2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-30319549

An inmate is found dead in his cell at a prison in Kent - the third in as many weeks and the ninth in 2014, the Prison Officers' Association says.

03/12/2014

Last night's vote on judicial review was a final shameful moment for Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats, a party which has given up on its convictions in the long years of coalition with the Conervatives

02/12/2014

Not a good day in the press for CG! http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/02/high-down-prison-barricading-mutiny-charge-chris-grayling

Eric Allison: Charging protesting prisoners with mutiny was punitive and pointless – and smacks of the justice minister’s policies

02/12/2014

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/02/chris-grayling-probation-service-privatisation

Justice secretary tells MPs his probation reforms are firmly on track, despite public safety concerns and conflict of interest row

02/12/2014

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2014/dec/02/chris-grayling-questioned-by-mps-about-probation-service-politics-live-blog

Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Chris Grayling being questioned by MPs about the probation service

02/12/2014

Master of Rolls warns that people who represent themselves because they can’t afford lawyers are losing winnable cases

02/12/2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30287880

Changes to the way offenders are supervised in England and Wales may have contributed to two murders, says the probation officers' union.

02/12/2014

Spending cuts are delaying police inquiries and contributing to a rise in people kept on police bail for months, and in some cases years, Newsnight is told.

29/11/2014

Disgraceful

Senior police say they have been forced to keep a 16-year-old girl with mental health problems in police custody for two days because there is not a mental health bed for her in the country

28/11/2014

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/nov/27/on-call-contracts-for-criminal-solicitors-to-be-slashed-by-two-thirds

Lawyers warn government cuts will lead to miscarriages of justice, with a fair defence for the poor becoming a lottery

27/11/2014

No surprise http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/breaking-moj-to-press-ahead-with-criminal-legal-aid-reforms/5045367.article

The Ministry of Justice will press ahead with two-tier contracts for criminal legal aid and implement a second fee reduction of up to 8.75% next summer.